Orphan Society of Allegheny County
1832
James Adams coal assistance1841
Allegheny Institute
1849
St. Paul's Orphan Asylum1849
Brunot and Brewer Endow The Church Home
1858
Brewer's Fuel Fund1860
Allegheny Observatory1860
Transfer of Allegheny Observatory to Western University of Pennsylvania
1865
Christian Home for Women1871
Home for Aged Protestant Women1871
St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum
1874
United Presbyterian Women’s Association and Women’s Home1879
Colored Orphan Asylum1880
The Home for Colored Children1880
Funds for first Carnegie library
1881
Home for Aged Protestant Men and Couples1881
Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Women1883
Protestant Home for Incurables1883
Andrew Carnegie gave 55 million for libraries1885
Allegheny Day Nursery1886
Gospel of Wealth
1889
Schenley Park
1889
Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny
1890
Mary Schenley donates land to Western Pennsylvania Institute for the Blind1890
Carnegie gives $1 million1891
Fund for unemployed men1894
Mary Schenley donates remnant of Fort Pitt
1895
The Carnegie Library of Homestead.1896
Carnegie Technical Institute
1900
Lemington Home for the Aged1900
Carnegie establishes pension fund and library maintenance fund1901
The Pittsburgh Survey1907
Leila College Opens
1908
Education Fund Commission1909
The Federation of Girls' School Societies founded1911
DT Watson Home for Crippled Children founded1916
Henry Clay Frick donates land to the City of Pittsburgh1919
Madam CJ Walker Makes Large Gift1919
A.W. Mellon pays University of Pittsburgh debt1921
Founding of Girls Service Club1923
Mellon brothers donate land for Cathedral of Learning1925
The Buhl Foundation created
1927
The Maurice and Laura Falk Fund is created1929
A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust established1930
Chatham Village constructed
1931
Bureau of Social Research established by Buhl Foundation1932
Greater Pittsburgh Parks Associated is founded1932
Frick Collection opens1935
Buhl Foundation funds social survey1937
Buhl Planetarium constructed in Pittsburgh
1937
Mellon Institute dedicated by A.W. Mellon
1937
Staunton Farm Foundation established
1937
A.W. Mellon dies1937
Howard Heinz Endowment established1941
H.J. Heinz II named man of the year1942
Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation1944
The Pittsburgh Foundation is established
1945
Allegheny Vocational Counseling Center established1946
Atom smasher funded by Buhl Foundation
1946
Carnegie Institute of Technology receives major grant1946
Civic Light Opera founded
1946
Mellon Park land is donated1946
Richard King Mellon Foundation established
1947
Westinghouse gave $200,0001948
Hillman Foundation established
1951
Hunt Foundation is Established1951
Laurel Foundation is Established1951
Alcoa Foundation established
1952
$7 million sports arena proposed in Hill District
1953
Buhl Foundation funds metropolitan studies1953
Mellon Square Park established
1953
Mellon family grants $15 million to University of Pittsburgh1954
Harmarville Rehabitation Center1956
$12 million gift to University of Pittsburgh1958
Groundwork laid for regional park system1958
Mr. and Mrs. Roy A. Hunt make large gift to CIT1958
Maurice Falk Medical Fund established
1960
The Henry L. Hillman Foundation is Established1964
Sarah Mellon Scaife announced bequest1966
Buhl Foundation funds Children's Museum1970
Three Rivers Youth established1970
Grable Foundation established
1976
McCune Foundation established
1979
POISE Foundation launches
1980
Forbes Funds is Established1982
The Eden Hall Foundation is Established1983
Benedum Foundation makes large gift to Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
1985
Heinz Endowments created
1986
Jewish Healthcare Foundation1990
Henry Clay Frick Education Commission affiliates with the Buhl Foundation1993
Colcom Foundation is created
1996
FISA Foundation established
1996
Birmingham Foundation1996
Buhl Foundation endows Doreen Boyce Chair at University of Pittsburgh1999
ALMONO purchases 178-acre brownfield site2002
Women and Girls Foundation established
2002
Maurice Falk Fund2004
Hillman foundations establish The Hillman Fellows Program for Innovative Cancer Research2005
Hillman foundations make $10 million gift to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation2005
Maurice Falk Fund and Leon Falk Family Trust2006
RK Mellon makes $25 million Life Sciences grant2007
The Fine Foundation2007
With broad foundation support, the Pittsburgh Promise is established
2008
Eden Hall Farm gifted to Chatham University
2008
Hillman Family Foundations2009
Falk Foundation2013
